Apart from the positive response from the critics, the song received some negative reviews. Writing for, Joginder Tuteja thought its 'melody, lovelorn lyrics' and 'quintessential' vocals by Singh make it an instantly catchy song.
Kasmin Fernandes of The Times of India felt that 'Singh does a commendable job' in the vocals. The soundtrack also contains an unplugged version of the song sung by Kakkar, and a remix version of the original song by DJ Shiva.
It was included in the soundtrack of the album which was released on 8 August 2014. The full song was released digitally on 31 July 2014 as a single. The song was the first track released from the film. The music video of the track was officially released through the YouTube channel of T-Series on 30 July 2014. The song is picturised on Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas Naqvi, marking the debut Bollywood appearance of Abbas, who had earlier worked in Pakistani cinema. The video of the song was used in the end credits of the film. She later recommended him for the producer of the film, Bhushan Kumar, where he offered him to compose a song for the film. He initially worked with Pooja Bhatt, where he recorded a few songs for one of her films, which got delayed and shelved. The song is composed and written by Tony Kakkar.
